Measuring the Efficiency of Government Spending in KSA: A comparative study of the Group of Twenty (G20)
Keywords:
Government Sector, Government Spending, Public Sector, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Efficiency Analysis, Efficiency Measurement, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Public Sector Performance (PSP), Pubic Sector Efficiency (PSE), Incomes Efficiency, Outcomes Efficiency, Fixed Returns to scale, Variable Returns to scaleAbstract
The aim of this study is to measure the relative efficiency of the government spending in KSA relative to G20. By computing (PSP). Then, compute (PSE), and applying (DEA) for four models: the overall public spending, Education, Infrastructure, and management. It concludes that the best sectors performance’s in KSA were the management, infrastructure, and education, But the efficiency appearance only in the infrastructure. The study concludes that “inefficiency” in KSA is about 66% in total government spending, and 97% in the education sector, and 70% in the management. And all of them more than average. Which is 51% in total government spending, and 78% in the education sector, and 42% in the management.
